Speech #810209870

During the fiscal year 1949 alone 289.400 persons who had entered our country illegally from Mexico were apprehended. The heavy traffic across our northern and southern borders makes possible illegal entry of those who may seek to destroy our democracy. In connection with our displacedpersons program our committee was advised that even though investigations are conducted concerning these unfortunates some would get by the Immigration Service on forged documents. regardless of how meticulous the Immigration Service is in its investigative procedures. Advice had previously been received by the chairman of our committee from competent people connected with CIC and the IRO in Europe that the investigation of these people as to their subversive background is utterly ridiculous. that there is not a question of doubt but that one or thousands of them could come into this country who had been active members of the Communist Party behind the iron curtain. Further. there are many aliens in our country today who have been determined to be undesirable and are subject to deportation but who cannot be deported. since it is impossible to secure travel documents for them. Many of these individuals are from the ironcurtain countries. During ou.: hearings. Mr. Kelly of the Immigration and Naturalization Service stated that they had between 3.500 and 4.000 such cases at that time. These people. these undesirables. are free among our people today. They are not in detention quarters but are released either on bond or on parole. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has stated that they endeavor to keep them located. however. they are free to go where they. please. Of those. under deportation still in our country. there are approximately 100 free on bond. who are subversives. It is a shameful travesty of justice that these subversives. faithful to a foreign ideology which would destroy our way of life are free to roam our country spewing their venom of hate for all to see and to hear. How safe are we when such events as these can and do occur in our everyday life? Another group of aliens from eastern Europe arrived in this country en route to South American countries. for which they had secured visas. They appear to be people of considerable means. They made no move to continue their passages. their visas expired. and the limited number of days which were granted to them by the Immigration Service also expired. They were released on bond and they report to the Immigration Service at stated periods. Our committee was advised that we now have these people on our hands whether we like it or not. and that there is r. good possibility that they will not now be accepted by the South American countries to which they were destined. Turning again to another phase of this matter. you know that under the Foreign Agents Registration Act those agencies and individuals representing foreign countries must register with the Department of Justice.